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Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders lashed out at the press on Thursday while declining to directly answer whether she agreed with President Donald Trump’s repeated use of the phrase “enemy of the people” to describe…

UDPATE with video Sarah Sanders would not disavow President Donald Trump’s description of the American press as the “enemy of the people,” despite what even she said was an impassioned request from CNN’s Jim Acosta. Acosta, who was jeered by a chanting, bird-flipping crowd during a live shot at a Tampa Trump rally earlier this…

The “Medicare for All” plan pushed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and endorsed by a host of Democratic congressional and presidential hopefuls would increase government health care spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, according to a new study. The Vermont senator has avoided conducting his own cost analysis, and those supporting the plan have at…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic U.S. House nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to this Great Plains state on Friday night to try to show that their brand of progressive populism can win over voters anywhere in the country. The duo, one the 76-year-old grandfather of democratic socialism in America, the other…

Colonel Sanders’ family isn’t too pleased with ‘Papa John’ Schnatter. The KFC founder’s grandson, Trigg Adams, is speaking out against Schnatter’s claims that Sanders used the N-word — allegations that Schnatter made during a conference call earlier this year, during which the Papa John’s founder uttered the N-word himself. “He’s a weasel,” Adams told the…

Aiming to boost liberal populists in Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders has released his initial campaign schedule with New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who shocked the political world and beat a New York Democratic congressman touted as a future House speaker. The liberal duo will travel to Wichita and Kansas City to hold rallies Friday…

After President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, Democrats highlighted bits of his paper trail on the D.C. Court of Appeals to galvanize opposition. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called out Kavanaugh’s generous interpretation of the powers granted to the president by the Constitution. “Brett Kavanaugh, contrary to 200 years of Supreme…

Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea is poised to resurface as President Donald Trump prepares for his first summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Virtually the entire global community, including President Barack Obama’s administration, refused to recognize the annexation, which was the first such takeover in Europe since the end of the Cold War. But given Trump’s…

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) expressed delight at the resignation of EPA Director Scott Pruitt and stated new Acting EPA Director Andrew Wheeler “should be vigorously opposed.” Sanders said he is “delighted” that Pruitt is gone, and “what we have got to do now is to see if we can…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responded Tuesday to far-left critics of his position on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), resisting calls to abolish the agency and reaffirming his belief that it should only be reformed as part of a larger immigration reform package. “In 2002 I voted against the creation of DHS and the establishment of…

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will receive U.S. Secret Service protection at her home on a temporary basis, sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News. The anticipated protection comes after Sanders, one of the most visible members of Mr. Trump’s White House, was refused service at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia,…

If Sarah Sanders had chosen to dine out closer to the office, chances are she would not have been asked to leave, as she was recently in Virginia. That’s because one’s political affiliation or ideology is a protected trait in the District of Columbia. But that’s not so in most of the rest of the country,…

President Trump would like to see more expedited removals of undocumented immigrants — a way to legally circumvent immigration courts before deportation for certain undocumented immigrants, Sarah Sanders said in Monday’s press briefing. The bottom line: “Just because you don’t see a judge doesn’t mean you aren’t receiving due process,” Sanders said. She added that…

• Hitting the road. Saudi Arabia’s roads opened to women for the first time yesterday as the kingdom dropped the last-of-its-kind ban against female drivers. The move prompted heart-warming stories of women hitting the road for the first time. Dania Alagili, for instance, pulled into traffic with her husband and daughter in the car; another daughter was…

SWEDESBORO, N.J. – People have been flooding a Red Hen restaurant with angry calls and negative reviews since White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was told to leave — but they’ve got the wrong Red Hen. Restaurant managing partner Elizabeth Pope tells The Philadelphia Inquirer the New Jersey eatery has received at least 600…

As President Donald Trump this week threatened $200 billion in new tariffs on Chinese imports, and then warned Europe that he would slap a 20 percent tariff on imported automobiles, members of both parties Congress accused the administration of starting a trade war which could cause collateral economic damage across the United States. The differences…

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was told to leave a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant Friday night, she said on Twitter Saturday morning. Sanders said the owner of the Red Hen in the Shenandoah Valley asked her to leave because she works for President Trump. “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sarah Sanders said she would continue to treat those with opposing views “respectfully” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was kicked out of a restaurant on Friday night because she works for President Donald Trump. A co-owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, asked Ms Sanders and her family…

As tempers flare over immigration and other policies, it’s getting harder for top Trump administration officials to get a good meal anywhere near Washington D.C. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she and her family members were ousted from a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant Friday night by an owner who wanted her to leave…

A man claiming to be a waiter at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, posted on Facebook Friday that the owner refused to serve White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and her family, resulting in an online battle between supporters and people who called out the discrimination. Last night I was told by the…

As tempers flare over immigration and other policies, it’s getting harder for top Trump administration officials to get a good meal anywhere near Washington D.C. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she and her family members were ousted from a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant Friday night by an owner who wanted her to leave…

Last Updated Jun 23, 2018 1:16 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was told to leave a Lexington, Va., restaurant Friday night, she said on Twitter Saturday morning. Sanders said the owner of the Red Hen in the Shenandoah Valley asked her to leave because she works for President Trump. “Last night I…

Washington (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Saturday she was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump, becoming the latest administration official to experience a brusque welcome in a public setting. Sanders tweeted that she was told by the owner of The Red Hen in Lexington,…

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders blasted the establishment media Friday for spreading a now-debunked hoax-photograph featuring a little girl crying at the border. “It’s shameful that dems and the media exploited this photo of a little girl to push their agenda,” Sanders tweeted. “She was not separated from her mom. The separation here is…

“If the media and liberals want to defend MS-13, they’re more than welcome to,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters during Thursday’s briefing after media attempts to frame President Trump’s comments from the previous day as insulting to “some immigrants.” “I don’t think the term that the president used was strong enough,” she…

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday defended President Trump’s comment when he referred to MS-13 gang members as “animals,” explaining it was not in reference to unauthorized immigrants. “The president was very clearly referring to MS-13 gang members who enter the country illegally and whose deportations are hamstrung by our laws. … If…

Press secretary Sarah Sanders scolded her staff Friday for the derogatory comment about Sen. John McCain leaked from a closed-door meeting, according to multiple senior White House officials. Interested in John McCain? Add John McCain as an interest to stay up to date on the latest John McCain news, video, and analysis from ABC News.…